{"id":140823,"date":"2024-12-28T23:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/the-most-exciting-new-airline-routes-for-2025-tpgs-picks-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T23:00:35","slug":"the-most-exciting-new-airline-routes-for-2025-tpgs-picks-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/the-most-exciting-new-airline-routes-for-2025-tpgs-picks-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"The most-exciting new airline routes for 2025: TPG’s picks – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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New year, new routes.<\/p>\n

While most people are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions, AvGeeks and airline industry enthusiasts have a list of their own to look forward to as the calendar flips from December to January.<\/p>\n

That would be the bevy of new airline routes announced last year, many of which launch in 2025. In the U.S. alone, hundreds of new routes were announced in 2024 to varying degrees of fanfare. They included everything from ho-hum expansions \u2014 think new flights from a hub to a small city or seasonal routes to vacation hotspots \u2014 to outright blockbusters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TPG’s Aviation team looked back at those to see which ones we were most excited about in the year ahead.<\/p>\n

Our picks include some of those blockbusters, but also some that say as much about an evolving airline strategy as the new route itself.<\/p>\n

United Airlines was a popular pick from everyone on staff, and how could it not be. The Chicago-based carrier’s network planning team has been aggresive the past few years with a bold international expansion featuring splashy, exotic additions. And 2024 was no exception, where Greenland, Mongolia<\/a> and Morocco<\/a> were only some of the highlights.<\/p>\n

Still, plenty of other new additions had us talking. Our picks included a bit of everything from new service to big markets (Tokyo<\/a>) and small (Belleville, Illinois<\/a>). It’s a likely bet you’ll see some of them nominated for the “sexiest new routes of the year” \u2014 yes, that’s a thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for our list, the only criteria were new routes announced in 2024 (regardless of launch date) for flights within or from the U.S. or on a U.S. airline. Read on to see what we picked.<\/p>\n

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Ben Mutzabaugh, TPG’s managing editor for aviation<\/h2>\n

United Airlines: Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You’ll see this route more than once on this list, and for good reason: Mongolia is about as far-flung and exotic a destination as you’ll find for a U.S. airline. United won’t be flying it nonstop from the U.S. but rather from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT), where it’s one of two American carriers with rights to fly to other destinations in the region. Regardless, seeing United Boeing 737s flying into the Mongolian capital is easily one of the most interesting additions for a U.S. airline.<\/p>\n

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